Washing-machine.



UNITED STATES PATENT UFFICF.

WASHING- Specification. of Letters Patent.

MACHENEH Patented Jan. 30, 1906.

Application filed September 27,1904. Serial No. 226,170.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK H. HALsTEIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Wheaton, in the county of Dupage and State of Illinois, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention is an improved washingmachine of that kind in which theclothes are contained in a rotating receptacle which is contained in anouter tub or cylinder. The receptacle is formed of slats and perforatedplates with openings therein, and the clothes are washed by the actionof the Water flowing through the slots or openings.

The invention is characterized particularly by the use of receptaclesdisposed eccentrically within the outer cylinder or tub, which producesconstant agitation and circulation of the water and prevents the clothesfrom rolling, as in concentric machines.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in Which Figure 1 is a central longitudinal sectionv Figs. 2,3, and 4 are respectively cross-sections on the lines 2 2, 3 3, and 4 4of Fig. 1. Figs. 5 and 6 are diagrams in side and end elevation,illustrating a modification in which the inner receptacle or washercontains four sections instead of two, as in the other views.

Referring specifically to the drawings, the outer cylinder or tub isindicated at 6, preferably formed of semicylindrical halves hingedtogether and arranged to be opened or closed. It is supplied with steamand water through a pipe. (Indicated at 7 A drain is indicated at 8.Rotatable within this casing is the clothes receptacle or washer, which,in the forms shown in Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, comprises end heads 9 anda center head 10, connected by slats 11, producing a double or twocylindrical receptacles, each of which is located eccentrically upon theshaft 12, with which they rotate. They are disposed oppositely tobalance each other. The heads 9 have slots 9 extending therethrough, andthe middle head 10 has slots 10 in the spaces beyond the overlappingportions of the cylinders, as indicated in Fig. 2. Slots also existbetween the slats 11. The heads are preferably made of metal and theslats of wood, and the cylinders are strengthened and tied together bybrace-rods, as indicated at 13. The shaft passes through stufiing-boxesin the ends of the outer tub or casing and may be driven by any suitablemeans. Each compartment or inner cylinder has a door 15, through whichthe clothes may be put in or taken out. The diagrams Figs. 5 and 6illustrate a method of setting additonal sections on the shaft.Obviously three, four, or more sections maybe added, according to thesize of the machine desired, the preferable way being, of course, sothat the machine is balanced.

When the shaft and the sections carried thereby are rotated in the tub,the water is beaten or driven, by reason of the eccentric ity of thesections, through the openings be tween the slats and in thehead-plates, and the water is continuously circulated and forced throughthe clothes within the sec tions. The eccentric disposition prevents theclothes from rolling or balling, and the desired purpose is effected ina thorough and expeditious manner.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with an outer tub, of a clothes-receptacle rotatablewithin the same, comprising a plurality of cylinders having openings,and arranged end to end and eccentrically with respect to the axis ofrotation.

2. The combination with an outer tub, and a shaft extending across thesame, of a rotatable clothes-receptacle within the tub, comprising aplurality of eccentric cylinders arranged end to' end along the shaft,with one head forming an end for two cylinders.

3. The combination with an outer tub, and a shaft extending acrosswithin the same, of a series of eccentric cylinders arranged end to endalong the shaft, and disposed oppositely with respect to theireccentricity, to balance each other.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK I-I. HALSTEIN.

Witnesses:

WM. J. ROBINSON, SIGNA FEL'rsKoe.

